I mentioned a few weeks ago how the City Council had started work on the Ring Road while work on the tram extension was massively behind schedule. And this was alongside
numerous other incompetently managed schemes involving road closures and traffic restrictions.
Only today, on a lesson with a pupil, we drove the length of the Ring Road. Apart from the road works at the Aspley Lane roundabout, there was massive congestion around the Basford junction. Traffic is being diverted for some reason, and so is being forced on to the Ring Road (I believe it is because they have shut the railway crossing at Vernon Road – which of course is a consequence of them also having closed Nottingham Station for over a month and diverting all rail traffic to the Parkway Station along the A453, which we all know is restricted due to the on-going widening works). Once we left the northern end of the Ring Road and made our way towards Mansfield, we were again stuck in traffic because road works (this time, the signs attribute this to the Bumpkins of County Hall) have commenced near to the roundabout at the junction with the A614. Temporary lights are up, and work is scheduled to last FOUR WEEKS.
That last paragraph mentions – directly or indirectly – around a dozen separate locations where the imbeciles at both Nottingham City and County Councils have instigated road works all at the same time.
And to cap it off, they just sent out another hugely expensive brochure detailing the on-going tram works. In particular, you’d better brace yourself for the worse congestion yet, because from 1 September 2013 they will be closing Wilford Lane for “approximately 4 months”.
Yes, you read that right. Apparently, the extended Christmas those living on Ruddington Lane have experienced while that road has been closed for almost a year, when it was only due to be for “approximately 3 months”, is due to end. And the problem will now be shifted to an even worse location, most probably for an even less reliably scheduled period of time.
As I’ve said many times before, they are complete and utter prats.